Month: January 2012

Arthur W. Perdue Foundation Grant Helps Fund Junior Achievement's Our Region Program

January 3, 2012 Perdue

Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore in Maryland is committed to educating and inspiring young people to value free enterprise, business and economics to improve the quality of their lives. One way Junior Achievement (JA) does this is through its Our Region® program for fourth-graders in the public schools in Wicomico, Worcester and Somerset counties by focusing on regional agricultural businesses and helping students understand how they produce goods and services for consumers. …

Cattle Producers In Tennessee Support In-State Beef Promotion

January 3, 2012 Rusty Evans, Leaf Chronicle

The results are in and Tennessee cattle producers have voted to increase the assessment they pay to support in-state promotions of beef, announced state Agriculture Commissioner Julius Johnson. …

Much Of Cobscook Bay To Be Closed To Scallop Fishing

January 3, 2012 Tom Walsh, Bangor Daily News

Down East Maine’s ongoing scallop harvest is about to go from bad to worse. The Maine Department of Marine Resources announced Friday that much of Cobscook Bay is being closed to scallop boats through the end of the 2011-12 season, which runs through March. That ban took effect on Monday, Jan. 2. …

No Easy Answers To New England Cod Crisis

January 3, 2012 Jay Lindsay, Associated Press

In an industry where agreement comes slowly, the sudden prospect of huge fishing cuts to protect New England's codfish inspired a quick consensus: Scores of fishermen will be ruined if those cuts are passed. …

Snapshot Of Alaska Seafood Industry In '11

January 3, 2012 Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News

Alaska's seafood industry continued its mission to ramp up its message to policymakers, especially those from rail belt regions who tend to overlook its economic significance. …